The general trend remains unchanged, can the minor trends be changed? Then wait for the mechanical god!
The chat group was a bit quiet now. After Yang Jian dealt with Liu Yanchang, he went offline. Ying Zheng, along with Li Shimin and Liu Che, who had been offline from the start, showed no intention of appearing either.
As for Old Zhu, after furiously ranting at Ying Zheng for a while and realizing Ying Zheng completely ignored him, he found it pointless and also went offline.
With no other choice, Liu Bing had to take on the role of host. After all, Yang Jian had personally invited him.
[Hong Huang Little Shrimp]: This is a chat group that connects all heavens. We are people from different worlds or different timelines.
[Yang Chan]: Connects all heavens? Are you saying there are worlds beyond the Three Realms?
[Hong Huang Little Shrimp]: Yes, something like that.
[Yang Chan]: Are there any fun things in your world?
[Hong Huang Little Shrimp]: Uh, I can give you a toy. It comes with instructions, so you can play with it yourself.
Liu Bing directly sent over a PS5. It was the infinite power version, a product Liu Bing had acquired from Nezha in Hong Huang.
[Yang Chan]: Wow, this is really interesting. Thank you, Little Shrimp.
[Yang Chan]: By the way, why do you call yourself Little Shrimp? Are you a shrimp soldier? Or a shrimp demon?
[Hong Huang Little Shrimp]: I'm not some shrimp demon, I'm human.
[Yang Chan]: Then why do you call yourself Little Shrimp?
[Hong Huang Little Shrimp]: Uh, in some people's eyes, I'm just a little shrimp, so I named myself Little Shrimp.
Liu Bing didn't intend to hide anything. While he might be decent in other heavens, in Hong Huang, he was truly just a little shrimp.
[Yang Chan]: So that's how it is.
[Erlang of Great Tang]: What are you talking about, shrimp demons and shrimp soldiers? Could they be the shrimp soldiers and crab generals described in those books of myths and legends?
Li Shimin, who had been offline for a long time, finally couldn't help but speak.
Just now, he had remained silent, secretly observing the conversation in the chat group. The Little Shrimp mentioned that this chat group connected all heavens, and spoke of different timelines and the Three Realms. To Li Shimin, these were unbelievable.
As soon as he heard Yang Chan mention shrimp soldiers and shrimp demons, his mind immediately conjured images of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals from the books of myths and legends he had read!
But weren't shrimp soldiers and crab generals just fictional sea spirits from books? Why were these people discussing them so seriously?
Were they really putting on an act, as that Old Zhu just said, or had they actually met these spirits?
There was another point: this chat group was too magical. It seemed only he could see it; Guanyin Bi, who was beside him, couldn't. This also made him overthink things.
[Yang Chan]: Books of myths and legends? Is that your local folklore?
[Hong Huang Little Shrimp]: Forget it, I don't have time to explain to each of you one by one. I'll post an announcement, and you can read it yourselves.
Liu Bing didn't have the time to dispel everyone's doubts one by one. Moreover, many of these ancient people had fixed mindsets that were hard to change. Rather than communicating slowly, it was better to release a memory-based announcement for more convincing power.
[Ding, Hong Huang Little Shrimp has uploaded a group announcement. Group members can view it at their leisure.]
Now, everyone else in the group clicked on the group announcement and started reading. They began to understand what "all heavens and myriad realms" meant, and what "different timelines" were. Liu Bing had used the four Emperors in the group as examples, arranged their timelines in order, and clearly indicated the years separating them.
[First Emperor of Great Qin]: My Great Qin truly didn't last for eternity?
[Old Zhu of Great Ming]: Heh, you tyrant, and you still want eternity? Your tyrannical Qin perished in the second generation.
Zhu Yuanzhang was a pure hater of the Qin Emperor. In his heart, Qin Shi Huang Ying Zheng was a complete tyrant, not even worthy of being an Emperor. He had just been enraged by Ying Zheng's dismissive "heh" and ignorance, and now that he had the chance to mock him and rub salt in his wounds, he was very happy to do so.
He had read Liu Bing's group announcement. That kind of memory directly implanted into his mind made Zhu Yuanzhang realize that this chat group was likely as Liu Bing said, truly connecting all heavens.
Therefore, he also believed that the First Emperor of Great Qin was indeed Ying Zheng of the Qin Dynasty, and naturally, he directly attacked.
Seeing Old Zhu's message, Ying Zheng's brow furrowed slightly, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, but he showed no anger. He knew very well that anger only affected his thinking and judgment.
So, he had long abandoned emotions like anger, though he still felt displeasure. More than displeasure, he wanted to know what had happened that caused the Great Qin to perish in the second generation.
[First Emperor of Great Qin]: Esteemed Emperor, please tell this Emperor why my Great Qin perished in the second generation. This Emperor will surely reward you handsomely.
[Old Zhu of Great Ming]: Heh, a tyrannical Qin should perish in the second generation and yield to Emperor Gaozu of Han.
Seeing that Old Zhu had such strong opinions about him, Ying Zheng was too lazy to ask him anymore. Instead, he turned to ask Hong Huang Little Shrimp.
[First Emperor of Great Qin]: @Hong Huang Little Shrimp, Mister, do you know why my Great Qin perished in the second generation? Please tell me, Zheng will reward you handsomely.
[Hong Huang Little Shrimp]: I'll send you a Qin History. You can read it yourself.
Liu Bing casually sent a Qin History to Qin Shi Huang and took the opportunity to check his points.
The points in this chat group, after being modified by Nuwa, now consisted of two parts: one was related to the group's activity level; the other originated from the points gained by altering the predetermined fate of group members.
This act of altering predetermined fate was essentially equivalent to drawing upon the primordial power of the group members' worlds. However, as this could have negative consequences, Nuwa had made adjustments.
Now, if the predetermined fate of a group member's world changed and the world developed in a positive direction, Liu Bing would receive more points as a reward. However, if an unfavorable situation arose, Liu Bing would have to intervene to prevent the entire world from falling into a worse state.
Liu Bing saw that his points had increased slightly after he sent the Qin History to Qin Shi Huang, and he understood a little.
Although this negligible increase was not significant, it was enough to prove that gaining points by spoiling the future for others was indeed feasible. However, it also made him realize that these points were far from as generous as he had initially expected.
In other words, even if group members knew the future, they might not be able to truly change it. At best, they could only cause minor changes to the future, while the major trends that were destined to happen remained unchanged.
So, this was the principle of "major trends remain unchanged, minor trends can be altered," was it? Heh, if that was the case, then he would just wait for a deus ex machina. Anyway, he, Liu Bing, had a bunch of big shots behind him and wasn't afraid of anything.
While Liu Bing was lost in thought, the other three Emperors couldn't sit still. Seeing the history of their own dynasties, who wouldn't want to know? If they could know about some major events of their dynasties in advance, they could avoid many, many unnecessary occurrences.
So, they were all tempted.
[Erlang of Great Tang]: Mister, could you give me a Tang History?
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